WOW... I guess I won't be buying an LL.com afterall
These panelists have WAY too much power imho... 2 letter domains + generics should be off limits. Makes no sense that anyone should be "entitled" to an LL.com that could stand for God knows how many other things...
If these things keep going up in value, I really wonder how long it'll be before we have a bunch of companies attempting to reverse hijack these merely because it's cheaper than legitimately acquiring them... With the cost of filing a complaint, one might as well file a complaint first and inquire about purchasing the domain afterwards if unsuccessful.
agreed, he turned down offers for 1 million in past
make no mistake he doesn't need money, not the point, but makes clearer that it's not bad faith, just that he's a rich guy and likes collecting domains. his call imo
same way if you own 20 van goghs and keep them in your shed, it's your call, you dont expect the Dutch government to take you to court for abusing their heritage, yet that would be more serious
maybe forgetting parking altogether is best, i am dveeloping more and more as every day goes on
It's ridiculous... If someone wants to collect paintings, property, shares of stocks, currency, etc they're free to do it, but if you don't put a $1M domain to good use, you lose it? Seriously wtf?
Also, he would have paid a lot of money to acquire, they're using this against him, they say one thing against him is he wasn't the original registrant?!! wtf
seriously we should mass complain about these freaks who made the decision, friggin shylocks and fraudsters.
whats more German firms are notorious for underhand tactics
That's what I fear too Bricio. It's a sad day when one has to worry that what they own can be taken away from them at anytime for some made-up-BS reason.
What's next? Is someone gonna wipo CNET for not putting com.com to good use?
That's precisely what worries me when it comes to very short domains, especially 2 or 3 letter ones.
I remember that we discussed recently on NP the purchase of NTV.tv on Sedo. I pointed out that it might be risky as there are many huge tv channels which are called NTV (in Russia, in the US, in Germany, in Japan, in India, etc).
Almost all very short domains are abbreviations of company names, many of which are trademarked.
The fact that these very short domains are abbreviations of company names is precisely what gives them a very high value, especially when it's a .com.
I would definitely advise anybody who owns a LL.com or LLL.com to develop it and not park it. Parking those very valuable names is the best way to lose them in a trademark dispute, especially as I'm pretty sure that these disputes on very short domains will be seen more and more often in the future.
me too, and he actually has the dosh to take on Lufthansa too.
love to see them get their arse kicked, also for the panellists to get a boot up the arse as well
What's interesting is that, if you check on WIPO, there are actually quite a few companies who have trademarked "LH" worldwide, including the Swiss luxury jeweler Leon Hatot (part of the huge Swatch Group).
How can Lufthansa call this cybersquatting when other companies have trademarked this very same abbreviation too ?
they treat us like dirt because they see us like that
people out there dont know domainers, they know big companies and when they do wrong things they are in the news and of course this gives us all a bad reputationse those who lead this industry should be have the
those who are the most influent here should conduct their business fairly but sometimes it doesnt happen, so those out there know us cybersquatters
LH.com Lost ! 
